Peripheral vision hooded apparel

ABSTRACT

A hooded apparel that has a body portion and a hood portion, the hood portion having a transparent portion located on both sides at eye level, and extents from the front edge of said hood portion and leads towards the rear.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Hooded apparel has always been used as a protector of the wearer's head,from the elements of weather such as wind, snow and rain. Some wearer'sof hooded apparel like them for certain styles and fashions.

But, peripheral vision is compromised by hooded apparel today andbecause of the lack of side vision, safety is an issue that needs to beresolved.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

A hooded apparel in relation with the present invention that has a bodyportion and a hood portion. The hood portion having transparent portionson both sides at eye level that will allow the wearer to have a greaterperipheral vision, giving the wearer a better awareness of theirsurroundings.

Another advantage, the transparent portion being unique in it's designconsist of two different materials. First, the outer layer is a filmthat has a mirror effect, giving the wearer ability to see out but noone can see in. Secondly, the inner layer is a clear vinyl material thathas a transparent quality and also provides unity and strength to theoverall structure of the hood portion.

The hood portion having drawstrings on both sides will allow the wearerto adjust the hood to a preferred fit.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a prospective view of a hooded apparel for the presentinvention:

FIG. 2 is an enlarge side view of the hood portion from the hoodedapparel of FIG. 1:

FIG. 3 on a larger scale, is a cross-sectional view of the transparentportion of the hooded apparel, as taken along line 3-3 of FIG. 2, in adirection indicated by the arrows.

DETAIL DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

As illustrate in the embodiment blow, shown in FIGS. 1, 2, and 3 ahooded apparel 10, having a hood portion 12 and a body portion 8, thehooded portion 12 having a transparent portion 14 on both sides at eyelevel, for a broader peripheral vision.

The transparent portion 14 is stitched 16 into the hood portion 12, butnot limited to stitching as a means of integrating the transparentportion 14 to the hood portion 12, it could be bonded or by any meansavailable.

FIG. 3 shows a cross-section view of the two different materials used tomake the transparent portion 14, a layer of mirror effect film 22 isplaced on top of the clear vinyl 20 with either a bonding solution orglue.

The transparent portion 14 can be of any type of material that has atransparent quality, e.g., polyester, synthetic or cloth material.

Drawstrings 18, is sewed into place under the transparent portion 14 atthe front of the hood portion 12 and lies within a drawstring channel 19which is created by a channel stitch 17. The said drawstrings 18 helpsthe wearer to adjust the transparent portion 14 to a preferred position.

REFERENCE NUMERALS

8 body portion

10 hooded apparel

12 hood portion

14 transparent portion

16 stitch

17 channel stitch

18 drawstring

19 drawstring channel

20 clear vinyl

22 mirrored effect film

What is claimed:
 1. A hooded apparel comprising: a body portion and ahood portion, the hood portion having a transparent portion located onboth sides of said hood portion, at eye level of the wearer.
 2. Thehooded apparel of claim 1, having said the transparent portion whichconsist of two different materials, one being a mirror effect film andthe other a clear vinyl material, the to materials are held together bya bonding solution.